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for www.WordForPeace.com N.Muhammed Khaleel Email: mhdkhaleelaky@gmail.com In the Muslim discourse on terrorism, for a last couple of years, the matter more debated is why the terrorism [or Islamic violent extremism (IVE)in a broader concept] Sufism as the focal point of its attack. Taking the statistics of terrorist attacks for the last 5 years it could be noted that many …

By hu Independent research Fellow Markaz Garden poonoor, calicut Spirituality is often viewed in terms of an individual’s personal experience of seeking the sacred in life and striving to connect with god (Thoreson &Harris, 2004) this connection may be in the form of divine peace, ultimate offerings to God and fulfilling the obligations towards other social beings. Sufism is a …

Kashmir society chairman asserted, there is a lot of hatred in the world, and the sole resolution to the problem is ‘love and affection’. The competition involved students from various schools across the valley. (Photo: PTI/Representational) Srinagar: The Sufi organization in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) organised a poetry competition at a local school in Srinagar, to create awareness about humanity, brotherhood …

By Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi Hazrat Syed Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Simnani (1287–1386 CE) was a revered Indian Sufi of Persian origin and an ardent follower of Shaikh-e-Akbar Ibnal-Arabi. He was particularly imbued with Ibn al-Arabi’s spiritual doctrine of wadhat-ul-wujud (Unity of Existence). Blessed with the 14 different chains of Sufism, he rendered remarkable services to the development of Chishti and Qadiri …

Written by Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi The Sufi’s world today is blessed with the spiritual luminary of the modern age—Shaikh Hisham Kabbani, the prominent peace maker, scholar and promoter of the spiritual science of Islam across the globe. Shaikh Kabbani is a spiritual mentor for millions of seekers around the world including in the UK, Southeast Asia and the United States. …

By Neerja Deodhar Being the descendant of a world-renown poet can be a large burden to carry and live up to. But Esin Çelebi Bayru says that being the granddaughter of Rumi is “much more than a gift”. She finds it difficult to put into words what exactly her connection to this poet and Sufi mystic means to her. Artistic depiction of …

By Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi Finally, the two Sufi-oriented priests and custodians of Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah, who had gone on a visit to Pakistan on 8 March and were said to have gone missing, have come back to India. According to Pakistan’s Samaa TV, their whereabouts could not be traced and remained secret for three days. Then, they resurfaced in Karachi and …

By Sameer Arshad Khatlani When Sufi saint Hazrat Muhammad Rashid’s spiritual heir, Mardan Shah, aka Pir Pagara of Pakistan’s Sindh province died in 2012, it ended his around 50-year political career of ever-changing alliances. A power broker, Shah was close to military dictator Ayub Khan and claimed credit for introducing populist leader Zulfikar Ali Bhutto to politics in the 1960s. …

Dear friends, A very peaceful and beautiful Islamic greeting, AssalamuAlaikum I am truly delighted and blessed to have come as representative of Respected Sheikh Ismail Kassem who has been invited to Nepal by the ESGI (Economic Society Growth India) but Sheikh is performing umrah at present. On behalf of Shaikh Ismail Kassem, I’m honoured to attend the event and receive the …

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